The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-25

can form an idea of how the building |
will look when completed, and the
building itself is now sufficiently ad-
vanced, that knowledge of its interior
arrangements may be acquired.
First, let us take note of the exterior. !
AS said before, the length of the build |
ing will be 166 feet, by so feet in width.
and four stories and basement in
height. The rock which has been used
for the foundation was brought from
Spanish Fork Canyon, and that which
is used for the trimmings Is the beauti-
full stone which is Obtained from the
Kayuue quarry, in the same locality.
The walls proper are bIilt of C refully-
selected brick, of local make.
Looking at the building as 1t now
stands, We see that it is not only sub
| stantial, but an elegant adornment 10
our city. The stiff ess and formallty
usual in such bull J, has 9een con-
quered by the arch. IS, as far as pos
sible, and this des. alum is nicely
brought about by them pduction OF the
| tower on the east side, " ~iCh is also one
| of the most useful features. The tower
contains the elevator, and is the place
of entrance for the entire building, so
| that all ingress or egress is in full com
mand of the adjoining Office.
| A popularity in the construction OF
| the mammoth establishment is 10 be
| found in the fact that there is but little
or no pressure upon the walls. no mat
ter how heavy the weight of the interior
| fittings, machinery, ETC., may be. The
| joists-or what we may call the Jolsts-
/ are made by boiling heavy two-inch
planks together, until of the strength
! reQur ed; anO these are placed upon the
J1ttiDg projections Of stone from the
walls, and fastened thereto with strong
irons in staple form, with board head
outside, and massive screw nuts inside.
The inner ends of these beams rest upon
massive wooden pillars, 12xl2 inches,
strengthened at the intersecting point
with csst.iron shoes or saddles. The
whole mass of beam and pillars, though
rlgidly fixed, can easily be taken apart,
so that the interior work can be easily
removed if necessary, leaving only the
| bare walls.
Another point that must not escape
notice, is the excellent arrangement in
case of fire. The floors of each story
slope slightly toward the tower, so that
each and all of the floors can be sub
merged in water and they can be easily
drained and dried.
There will be no lath or plastering.
The walls are painted and finished out
side, and in that it will be entirely IN
necessary. The floors are formed OF a
layer of three-inch plank, crossed at
righc angles by the ordinary one-inch
or one and half inch flooring. The
columns and beams which will be |
painted Of some bright, cheerful color. |
In the matter of ventilation great |
pans have been taken. Although the |
ceilings are but eleven feet, the sanitary |
necessities of pure air have been well |
considered. Economy also had to be |
thought of in the amount of betting and |
shafting connected with such great |
amount of machinery.
From the foregoing particulars. will |
be seen the completeness and scope OF |
the great enterprise about to be iLaugu- |
ated. 1t is safe to say that there is not |
another establishment of the same kind |
which has a more hattering future be-
fore it in the United States, and it is |
such one as will give true and last
ing prosperity to our country. While |
not deprecIating other modes of acquir-
ing wealth, there is not one more desir-
able than manufacturing. And the
building we have been describing is re
ally one OF the first signs of the perma-
nent character of our growing pros
perity. We subjoin an extract from
contemporary, showing the nature
and the output of the goods
produced by q. G. NJ. |.
Boot, Shoe and Clothing Mandatory.
1.-The labor market here being quite as
low as in Massachusetts, the 2 G. M. l |
factory is able to compete IN the manu- |
facGure OF boots and shoes with any |
eastern market, and from their intimate |
knowledge of what is required, the goods |
manufactured by them are IN great |
demand, the factory never having a |
surplus stock. They make full lines of |
calf and kip goods, standard screw and |
machine seWed, in mems, Women's and |
children's wear, specially adapted to |
cur mountain region. The daily output |
is about 400 rairs, this in the new build |
ing will be Increased to 800 pairs. The |
daily output in overalls and mems |
underwear Is about thirty dozen daily, |
which will be increased to sixty dozen. |
The oVershirts and underwear is made |
from the Provo ManufaCtury Mills ma
terial, and are being sold both east an |
north. The overalls are made from the
famous Amoskeag denims. of which the
present factory consumes about 10000
yards, or a carload about every six
weeks. The present WAGES paid to en-
ployees amounts to $l,2C0 or $1,000
weekly"
From these simple figures will be
seen the great importance of this branch
of industry, and the permanent and
constantly growing trade done by the
q. G.. M. l. Boot and Shoe and Clothing
Mandatory. At later date we ex-
pect to give detailed account of the
new building, its machinery, capacity,
etc. We conclude by saying that the
construction Of the building is under
the able supervision Of Messrs. Watson
Brothers, of this city.
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